Foreverslow
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not again.
Regular weather here on the bay this morning had low tides warnings..
Regular weather here on the bay this morning had low tides warnings..
another evergreen containership runs aground, this time in Chesapeake bay near Baltimore
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slug zitski
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Chesapeake is shallow
I’m surprised that those jumbo ships can enter Baltimore
I’m surprised that those jumbo ships can enter Baltimore
fastyacht
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Snaggletooth
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Ya but that stretch just east of Bodkin creek is damn tricky for a big ship. Channel is very narrow, and if you are a smidge off in judging the turn you are in 15 feet of water immediately on the other side of the mark.
AJ Oliver
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Container ships are getting bigger an bigger,
requiring channels dredged to 50 feet, it was 40 feet not long ago.
Deepening is a huge expense not borne by the shipping companies.
requiring channels dredged to 50 feet, it was 40 feet not long ago.
Deepening is a huge expense not borne by the shipping companies.
slap
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Maybe they should change the name of the company to "Everaground"
silent bob
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Forgot to turn right at G15?!
Dr. D
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Worst boat name: Runaground Sue
kent_island_sailor
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There were tugs there earlier that left and they are still there. Medium-high tide is about 0600 and high-high tide is 1800, so maybe they decided to just sit in the mud until tomorrow.
kent_island_sailor
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fastyacht
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They were in one of the 50 foot channels and now are in about 25 feet of water
fastyacht
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AnotherSailor
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Ever Forward. That is exactly what they did!
No, they want to be paid for using the dredged channels.
slug zitski
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The authorities permitted the ship to enter
a pilot was onboard the ship
I suspect the the supply chain disaster in the west coasts ports has forced shippers to use secondary ports
a small container ship draws 8 meters
a medium , Panama. CAnal ship is 12 meters
a jumbo pacific containership is 16 meters deep
I don’t know the draught of the grounded ship
I’ll bet that they were max draught for the channel
may chart says that channel is 9 meters deep
a pilot was onboard the ship
I suspect the the supply chain disaster in the west coasts ports has forced shippers to use secondary ports
a small container ship draws 8 meters
a medium , Panama. CAnal ship is 12 meters
a jumbo pacific containership is 16 meters deep
I don’t know the draught of the grounded ship
I’ll bet that they were max draught for the channel
may chart says that channel is 9 meters deep
Marcjsmith
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who, the captain or the pilot. I guess ultimately the captain has the end all responsibility, but presumably the pilots are there since they know the local waters...
Has evergreen become the Swift trucking of the seas...
slug zitski
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So this mean that the pilot needed to wiggle the ship down the channel
since I don’t have the liturature I don’t know how ships transit that channel
as you can see the channel as various depths
in many shipping channels the literature states that “ fully laden ships use the wrong side of the channel “
This is done to prevent the ship from grounding out when it turns
perhaps the ship grounded in a turn
